Sadly this is my first day 2 in a no limit event at the World Series.
Sadly I have a starting stack.
Sadly there's traffic out in front of the Rio.
Sadly, I'm very happy to still be in after being card dead on the first day.
I get to my seat around 12:10pm and the tourney still hasn't started. Nice!
First hand of the tourney I look down at AQ and raise it to 1500. Or so I think. I look down and it's only 1100. Feck!
Big blind calls and I miss the flop. He picks it up on the turn. Lame.
When I'm the big blind it's folded to small blind, who've I've already pegged as a douche bag, insta raises to 1500.
I look down at AT and reraise to 4500. He moves in. Gagh!
He can be on nothing pretty easy here because I should fold this pretty easy. I fold telling him "I'll catch him later."
Good line huh?
Down to 26K.
An orbit later the older lady in seat 6, just after losing a big hand, makes it 3000 to go with blinds at 250/500. That's a little aggressive.
I look down at KK and move in. She's got about 7000 behind. So she's pretty much committed to calling. If she understands what that means.
She does call and shows AQ. Kings hold up and I scoop the pot.
Up to 40K. High point!
Brasilia Room. Table 210 Seat 8.
Table draw:
Seat 1: RYWG
Seat 2: RWG aka The Mustache. Holy moley this guy put Magnum PI to shame.
Seat 3: RAG that looks like Tetsuo from Akira. Tetsuo!!!!!!
Seat 4: RWG
Seat 5: RWG that may or may not be Kenny Powers brother.
Seat 6: RWOL... Oops busto. Ok it's a RWG... Busto. Now it's a Euro.
Seat 7: ROWG aka, Douche Bag
Seat 8: JDN
Seat 9: RAC Random Asian Chick. I can guarantee that she's a Commerce player.
18K at first break. Yes. 18k.
I stopped taking notes at this point because I was on life tilt. I could not win a hand. It was brutal.
The first of two hands that did me in was a hand against the Euro in seat 6. I could tell from the beginning that he had a very weak concept of preflop betting when he bet 4000 in middle position with blinds at 250/500.
He showed the table jacks and said he hated playing that hand.
Naturally a few orbits later he makes a 4x bet preflop and I call with TT.
The flop is a queen high and he checks. I check.
The turn is a blank and he bets out and I call.
The river is an ace. He bets out again but something about his movement and the bet amount is just fishy. I think he put in a pot sized bet and it just seemed like he wanted to buy the pot at that point.
I consider just shoving in and taking my chances. I've seen him open muck hands on the turn and if he thinks he's beat, he'll toss is away.
The only problem is that I don't really have enough chips to convince myself that he can fold. It would be barely more than a min raise.
But I then convince myself that I might actually have the best hand. The small (for him) preflop bet makes me think he's got a medium pair.
I tank it for several minutes.
I finally call, he says "nice hand" and flips over jacks.
I just shake my head and muck the hand.
I've got 6000.
I work it up to 9000 before that last hand before dinner break. I'm on the big blind and the Euro is on the button. Its folded to him and he makes a standard 3x raise to 1900. I look down at Q9 and make the call.
The flop is K 7 8. He checks out of turn. I shove. He calls with K7. Blank blank. I'm out.
That was so painful. It wasn't even fun. I should have sold my lammers when I won the satellite.
Dream Team Poker
I'm gonna keep this one short and sweet.
I got Gavin Smith and Matt Keikoan on my team. I gotta good team. Right?
Both of them bust by the 3rd level. I'm playing like a maniac. I love it.
I crack aces twice and have 45K at second break.
I make a last long bet with Matt Savage for a round of golf. He's got 20K.
I crack aces again with a bluff.
I have 90K at 3rd break.
Joe Stapleton and I wander around the main event, inside the ropes, while drinking beer. Stapes gets kicked out first. I tell Gavin he's a bad teammate for busting so quick.
My chip count does this:
90k
55K
25K
2K
10K
28K
0K
Two orbits and I'm out.
I hate the Rio and I'm never coming back.
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7.30.2009
7.09.2008
WSOP Main Event
Amazon red table 22 seat 9
I arrive a few minutes late, miss a few hands, and promptly throw away all of the freebies which include a everest poker seat cushion, a card protector, and some gamma-o thingy.
Table draw:
Seat 1: SAG alert!!! Awwoooooga! I've already seen him min raise bluff to 5k on the river with 9 high.
Seat 2: big guy in a hoodie and sunglasses with gamma-o stickers all over. He looks like he ate all the gamma-o he could find. I wonder if he's all roiding out under that hoodie.
Seat 3: semi sag guy that i've played with at the bike before. Odds are that he's a tran, phan, or pham.
Seat 4: canadian guy that I recognize but I don't know his name. Likes to talk about humping fat girls.
Seat 5: rwg
Seat 6: rwg
Seat 7: rwg
Seat 8: rwg
Seat 9: jdn
I make pretty good lay down in the first level. Late position raises to 300 I call from the small blind with TT. The big blind (the SAG) raises to 1k. Other folds and I call. The flops comes 2 6 6. I check and the sag bets 2k. I think it over a few seconds, while he stares me down. Haven't seen him do that to anyone else. I guess he's strong. I fold my tens face up and he shows QQ. Yay for me and my good read. Even though its pretty standard.
Nobody except the SAG can fire more than one barrel at a pot. Love this table.
19.5 k at break.
There's a guy at table 17 with a giant plush penguin. I wonder if those are good eats.
I have AK suited twice in 3 hands and lose 3500. Pretty sure I call all but 500 of it off.
Seat 2 turns out to be jbags. I guess thats supposed to mean something. These kids and their internets.
18k at 2nd break. Pretty card dead or at least I'm not hitting flops.
With blinds at 150/300 I make it 900 to go with AQ. The chubby chaser in seat 2 calls from the big blind and the flops falls 7c Qd 3d. He checks I bet 1300 and he calls. The turn is the 7s. He checks pretty fast and I suspect a possible check raise. Let's see what the river brings and I'll make a decision there. The river is a 2h. He checks again. I'm goot! So I bet out 2200. He counts his stack out, puts his hand on his head, and let's out a big sigh. I'm golden.
He finally calls the 2200 with jacks. Ok so, he may have played the hand semi bad but it wasn't that big of a pot and he still has a bunch of chips. So when freaks out, it comes as a surprise. He stands up flails his arms and stomps off like a 4 year old.
When he finally comes back to the table he knocks over his coffee. I'm dying on the inside as he's slamming his chips down and wiping up the coffee.
I mean really? Over that hand? This guy definitely has implied tilt odds when he's in pots. Yum yum.
To his credit he apologizes to me at break.
I'm setting up the SAG in seat 1 for a big check raise. He basically bets the pot any time its checked to him. Either this will be a huge success or an epic failure.
17400 at dinner. Nap time!
I hate the masquerade in the sky. Thats a promotion that needs to end.
Looks like I'm gonna have to start manufacturing hands. I fire two bullets on an A 9 6 Q board with 77 to chip up to 22k. Gotta do work son.
I think I caught something from my nap in my room at the rio. The whole right side of my face is a giant hive. It must be from the pillows. Quick! Someone get me some of that pink stuff thats not for diarrhea.
Doug lee is the only man man enough in the amazon room to get a massage from a man.
Setting up the SAG:
He raises to 1k under the gun and it folds to me in the big. Of course I have to call with Jc9c. I'm putting him on a pretty big range of hands but most likely an AT or KQ, maybe a small pair.
The flop comes 5h Js 6h and I bet 1500. Be looks at his cards before calling. Hes got at least one heart. The turn is a 8h. I check and he bets out 3500. Now... I think about it but I don't take too long to call.
The river is a 4d and I check with the intention of calling anything. He checks. Wuss. Where's my SAG?!? Jack is goot. Ship the pot.
When the phan, pham, or tran in seat 3 busts he gets replaced by a giant swede. Viking big. He raises my big blind and I look down at Ac8c. I can't call. He might stab me with his sword or battle axe. They should have weight classes in poker.
Pretty sure I got 32k at last break. Layne, Pete Lawson and I make b-line to the ibar to get mango tangos. I even make it back in time.
Pretty sure our dealer is Bill Chen. Waiting for confirmation.
I'm on a small roller coaster as the table breaks. I have 27k with about 20 mins left in the day. Needless to say I don't survive even after my first hand at the new table is AA.
Last hand of the night. Bags are being handed out and people are standing up. Under the gun limps for 400 as its folded to me in middle position. I raise to 1600 with K7. My thinking here is that a lot of people will just fold this hand because the day is done. I'll probably get the blinds, antes, and the limper's chips with this raise.
Well the limper calls and on a flop of 7d 3s 4d he tells me that its a horrible flop for me. He tells me several times before shoving all in for 35k. Into a 3k pot! He's gotta have AK here. I call off my 25k.
He shows Ad 8d and with a 2d on the turn, I'm drawing dead.
Shenanigans
JDN
I arrive a few minutes late, miss a few hands, and promptly throw away all of the freebies which include a everest poker seat cushion, a card protector, and some gamma-o thingy.
Table draw:
Seat 1: SAG alert!!! Awwoooooga! I've already seen him min raise bluff to 5k on the river with 9 high.
Seat 2: big guy in a hoodie and sunglasses with gamma-o stickers all over. He looks like he ate all the gamma-o he could find. I wonder if he's all roiding out under that hoodie.
Seat 3: semi sag guy that i've played with at the bike before. Odds are that he's a tran, phan, or pham.
Seat 4: canadian guy that I recognize but I don't know his name. Likes to talk about humping fat girls.
Seat 5: rwg
Seat 6: rwg
Seat 7: rwg
Seat 8: rwg
Seat 9: jdn
I make pretty good lay down in the first level. Late position raises to 300 I call from the small blind with TT. The big blind (the SAG) raises to 1k. Other folds and I call. The flops comes 2 6 6. I check and the sag bets 2k. I think it over a few seconds, while he stares me down. Haven't seen him do that to anyone else. I guess he's strong. I fold my tens face up and he shows QQ. Yay for me and my good read. Even though its pretty standard.
Nobody except the SAG can fire more than one barrel at a pot. Love this table.
19.5 k at break.
There's a guy at table 17 with a giant plush penguin. I wonder if those are good eats.
I have AK suited twice in 3 hands and lose 3500. Pretty sure I call all but 500 of it off.
Seat 2 turns out to be jbags. I guess thats supposed to mean something. These kids and their internets.
18k at 2nd break. Pretty card dead or at least I'm not hitting flops.
With blinds at 150/300 I make it 900 to go with AQ. The chubby chaser in seat 2 calls from the big blind and the flops falls 7c Qd 3d. He checks I bet 1300 and he calls. The turn is the 7s. He checks pretty fast and I suspect a possible check raise. Let's see what the river brings and I'll make a decision there. The river is a 2h. He checks again. I'm goot! So I bet out 2200. He counts his stack out, puts his hand on his head, and let's out a big sigh. I'm golden.
He finally calls the 2200 with jacks. Ok so, he may have played the hand semi bad but it wasn't that big of a pot and he still has a bunch of chips. So when freaks out, it comes as a surprise. He stands up flails his arms and stomps off like a 4 year old.
When he finally comes back to the table he knocks over his coffee. I'm dying on the inside as he's slamming his chips down and wiping up the coffee.
I mean really? Over that hand? This guy definitely has implied tilt odds when he's in pots. Yum yum.
To his credit he apologizes to me at break.
I'm setting up the SAG in seat 1 for a big check raise. He basically bets the pot any time its checked to him. Either this will be a huge success or an epic failure.
17400 at dinner. Nap time!
I hate the masquerade in the sky. Thats a promotion that needs to end.
Looks like I'm gonna have to start manufacturing hands. I fire two bullets on an A 9 6 Q board with 77 to chip up to 22k. Gotta do work son.
I think I caught something from my nap in my room at the rio. The whole right side of my face is a giant hive. It must be from the pillows. Quick! Someone get me some of that pink stuff thats not for diarrhea.
Doug lee is the only man man enough in the amazon room to get a massage from a man.
Setting up the SAG:
He raises to 1k under the gun and it folds to me in the big. Of course I have to call with Jc9c. I'm putting him on a pretty big range of hands but most likely an AT or KQ, maybe a small pair.
The flop comes 5h Js 6h and I bet 1500. Be looks at his cards before calling. Hes got at least one heart. The turn is a 8h. I check and he bets out 3500. Now... I think about it but I don't take too long to call.
The river is a 4d and I check with the intention of calling anything. He checks. Wuss. Where's my SAG?!? Jack is goot. Ship the pot.
When the phan, pham, or tran in seat 3 busts he gets replaced by a giant swede. Viking big. He raises my big blind and I look down at Ac8c. I can't call. He might stab me with his sword or battle axe. They should have weight classes in poker.
Pretty sure I got 32k at last break. Layne, Pete Lawson and I make b-line to the ibar to get mango tangos. I even make it back in time.
Pretty sure our dealer is Bill Chen. Waiting for confirmation.
I'm on a small roller coaster as the table breaks. I have 27k with about 20 mins left in the day. Needless to say I don't survive even after my first hand at the new table is AA.
Last hand of the night. Bags are being handed out and people are standing up. Under the gun limps for 400 as its folded to me in middle position. I raise to 1600 with K7. My thinking here is that a lot of people will just fold this hand because the day is done. I'll probably get the blinds, antes, and the limper's chips with this raise.
Well the limper calls and on a flop of 7d 3s 4d he tells me that its a horrible flop for me. He tells me several times before shoving all in for 35k. Into a 3k pot! He's gotta have AK here. I call off my 25k.
He shows Ad 8d and with a 2d on the turn, I'm drawing dead.
Shenanigans
JDN
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